"Mind is the one and only creative power.All attempts to account for creation from any other standpoint are futile... Our most important study, then, is our own consciousness."


"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." "We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers." "People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." "I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man." "The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." "When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."


"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy."I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something,to have made some difference that you lived at all. "There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval." "A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." "Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all." "Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for."


"Love is the only thing you get more of by giving it away." "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." "In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change." "I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed." "The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself." "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."


"If only I could get that wonderful feeling of accomplishment, without having to accomplish anything." "To the world you may be just one person,but to one person, you may be the world." "None of us has the power to make someone else love us.But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of person we are, and we change the kind of world we live in." "Life is a game show where the people who enjoy it are the winners." "Hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth." "Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost."


"Laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."


"You can complain because rosebushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." "When man is born, he is tender and weak. At death, he is stiff and hard.All things, the grass as well as trees, are tender and supple while alive.When dead, they are withered and dried. Therefore the stiff and hard are companions of death. The tender and the weak are companions of life. " "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18." "It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life, perpetuating itself through all eternity; to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the Universe; and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature." "The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell. And therefore, if you want to discover nature's nakedness, you must destroy its symbols, and the farther you get in, the nearer you come to its essence. When you come to the One that gathers all things up into itself, there your soul must stay." "It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has hadenough individuality and courage to stand by his own convictions."Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets. Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hairstylist you like. You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. I finally got my head together, and my body fell apart. You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. Answer: Nothing


"We think that we must become acquisitive -- though we call it by a better-sounding word. We call it evolution, growth, development, progress, and we say it is essential."

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies,that is why you must sing, and dance,and write poems, and suffer, and understand,for all that is life."


"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." "Our real self, the soul, is immortal. We may sleep for a little while in that change called death, but we can never be destroyed. We exist, and that existence is eternal. The wave comes to the shore, and then goes back to the sea; it is not lost." "If the only prayer you say in your whole life is 'thank you,' that would suffice." "Energy... What is energy? A lot of things are energy. We are energy. This stuff is energy... also this sort of feeling that we have here of being this many people stoned together... is energy.Energy's more specific than that, though -- I believe that energy's the Holy Spirit, I believe that it's the body and blood of Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, and anybody along that line. We're a dance of energy, arranged and held in the mind of God. ".





INTEGRITYIntegrity is whenwhat you say,what you do,what you think,and who you AREall come from the same place.


Laughter is Healing Laughter may turn out to be the best medicine after all. Recent research shows that in addition to lifting one's spirits, letting out a good guffaw actually helps boost the cardiovascular, muscular, respiratory, and immune systems. According to William Fry, M.D., an emeritus associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Stanford Univ. Medical School, hearty laughing is a type of light aerobic exercise, increasing the person's breathing rate, which increases the oxygen in the blood and stimulates muscles throughout the body. In one of Fry's studies, laughter temporarily raised participants' blood pressure - beneficial because is increases circulation and, consequently, the distribution of nutrients to body tissues. In another study, laughter was found to boost the immune system: an analysis of participants' blood showed increased activity of white blood cells, which fight disease. Fry says everyone can benefit from a hearty laugh. He suggests that people identify and actively seek what best tickles their funny bone.





"To grow old is to passfrom passion to compassion.""Most of the trouble in the worldis caused by people wanting to be important.""I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."~ Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

Symptoms of Inner PeaceBe on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.Some signs to look for: · A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences. · An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment. · A loss of interest in judging other people. · A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others. · A loss of interest in conflict. · A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.) · Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation. · Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature. · Frequent attacks of smiling. · An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. · An increased susceptibility to the love offered by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it. Any such symptoms should be reported to the authorities immediately.


"Every man is a divinity in disguise,a god playing the fool.""The primary purpose of a liberal education isto make one's mind a pleasant placein which to spend one's leisure." "Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. ""The best-educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed." "Children have more need of models than of critics.""I would like to be allowed to admire a man's opinionas I would his dog - without being expected to take it home with me.""In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.""I work in conservation and find energy in and for it because, in spite of lots of reasons for despair, I think we have it within us not only to avoid an awful confrontation, but to convey to our children a world in which development and preservation are balanced well short of the crisis point."Don't try to force anything.Let life be a deep let-go.See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds.


"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other."When I see the Ten Most Wanted List... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now."You know what I like best about looking at the stars?Not the stars themselves, but all those empty spaces between the stars.That's where I can imagine traveling for ever and ever. That's where I can imagine infinity.""Unconditional love gives a stable foundation to a relationship.And it means just what it says.No conditions -- no strings attached to my love. No matter what you say or do, I will continue loving you. I may not like what you do, but my love is unconditional and will not be affected -- not even if our involvement changes."


Lessons From The GeeseA flock of geese is worth watching. As each goose flaps ist wings, it creates an uplift for the bird following. By flying in V formation, the whole flock adds 71% more flying range than if each bird flew alone.Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of comunity can go farther and get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back in the formation and another goose flies at the point position.Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the challenging tasks and sharing leadership. People, like geese, are interdependent.The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up the speed. Lesson: We need to make sure our honking from behind is encouraging, not irritating, or, worse yet, critical.When a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help protect it. They stay with the goose until it is either able to fly again or dies. They they launch out on their own with another formation or catch up with the original flock.Lesson: If we have as much sense as geese, we will likewise stand by and care for one another.


"If we assume that mankind has a right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war and destruction. In our day of space vehicles and guided ballistic missiles, the choice is either nonviolence or nonexistence." "You are here to aid in the great expansion of consciousness. You are not here to cry about the miseries of the human condition but to change them when you do not find them to your liking through the joy, strength and vitality that is within you; to create in spirit as faithfully and beautifuly as you can in flesh." "When mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space, it pursues emptiness. But when the man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence."


"People seem not to see that their opinion of the worldis also a confession of character." "When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick.""When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free." "The important thing is not to stop questioning...Never lose a holy curiosity."


"Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose,doing Tao's play, peacefully and harmoniously." "What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.""What a wonderful life I've had!I only wish I'd realized it sooner." "We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success; We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery." "See every difficulty as a challenge, a stepping stone, and never be defeated by anything or anyone." "We all carry it within us;supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy.It is never thwarted and cannot be destroyed.But it is hidden deep, which is what makes life a problem." "God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity,but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance,renewed daily, of a wonder,the source of which is beyond all reason." "Truth does not change although your perception of it may vary or alter drastically." "The human race, to which so many of my readers belong,has been playing at children's games from the beginning,and will probably do it till the end,which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up." "All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing aloneyou leave it to a torrent of change." "Love is an energy, an all-existing substance. It's noticed most when you don't have negative thoughts; then you notice love everywhere. If you have a lot of negative thoughts, you don't notice it. When you're feeling very positive, you feel love everywhere and you see it everywhere." ~ Sondra Ray"To be upset over what you don't have...is to waste what you do have." "I know I'm not seeing things as they are,I'm seeing things as I am.""God is Love.When we choose to express our Love as Service,we experience our own divinity,and touch the Joythat God must feel in giving us Life."
The Global Village If the population of the earth had shrunk to a village the size of 100 people, there would be:57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from North, South & Central America, 8 Africans. 6 people, all of them U.S. citizens, would control 50% of the wealth; 70 would be unable to read; 50 would suffer from malnutrition; 80 would live in substandard housing; 1 would have a university education.